India Quiz 131

India Quiz 131

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1. Which Indian state was described by Jawaharlal Nehru as the "Jewel of India"?

Nagaland
Manipur
Sikkim
Goa

2. Which word in English is derived from the Sanskrit word "Sharkara"?

Salt
Sugar
Soup
Star

3. Opened in 1914, this was India's first sea bridge

Bandra-Worli Sea Link
Pamban Bridge
Vashi Bridge
Airoli Bridge

4. Who among the following became the first Indian composer to record a soundtrack with the computer?

A R Rahman
Ilayaraja
Vidyasagar
Keeravani

5. Bogibeel River Bridge is the longest rail-cum-road bridge in India. In which state is it?

Uthar Pradesh
Odisha
West Bengal
Assam

6. Which Indian state has recently given the honour of State Fish upon the Ghol fish?

Madhya Pradesh
Gujarat
Kerala
Karnataka

7. The rescue operation of 41 workers trapped inside the under-construction Silkyara Bend - Barkot tunnel which collapsed on 12 November has been in the news for some time. Do you know in which Indian state the tunnel is located?

Uttarakhand
Utharpradesh
Assam
Haryana

8. This Indian was a polymath with interests in biology, physics, botany, and writing science fiction. He invented the crescograph, a device for measuring the growth of plants.

Vikram Sarabhai
C V Raman
Jagdish Chandra Bose
Meghnath Saha

9. She became the first ever Indian woman to win two Olympic medals with a silver medal in 2016 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in 2020 Summer Olympics (Tokyo).

Karnam Malleswari
Sakshi Malik
Mary Kom
P V Sindhu

10. Which of the following is the capital of Nagaland?

Kohima
Dimapur
Guwahati
Shillong

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